Sydney – Page 8 – Not Your Average Engineer

June 12, 2010July 1, 2020

South beach walk to Bondi Beach

Along the pedestrian walkway in Coogee.

Coogee Beach and the town behind it.

Yay beach!

This collection of boats is really strange. The tide must come up high enough that they can slide them down the ramps and into the water. Never seen anything quite like this before.

People out SCUBA diving.

The divers are in the center just to the right. The sea was pretty choppy and had some good waves. It must have been an interesting entrance and exit.

The sea was churning pretty good for such a nice day. Lots of wind, too.

Evidently all of the beaches are groomed and manicured on a regular basis. The tractor kept going in and out of the water, dumping sand in about 5 feet of water.

We stumbled upon a really large graveyard partway along the walk.

Lots and lots and lots of graves.

Bondi Beach!

The famous Bondi Iceberg Winter Swimming Club.

June 12, 2010July 1, 2020

Centennial Park, the walk to Coogee, and elsewhere

Yesterday Wanda and I went for a little walk that ended up at around 15-18 miles. This is a photo looking back toward the city as we headed out to Coogee.

A typical street outside of the downtown area in Sydney. Very few people were about. I think it is because of the holiday weekend. The Queen’s birthday is celebrated on Monday.

A funky mailbox outside of a church. The steeple did not look like that on the real church.

A flock of white parrots with a slash of pink across their breasts.

Some famous nun in the middle of Centennial Park.

There wasn’t any sign at the base so we never did figure out who it is supposed to be.

Australia has black swans. The Dutch must have been very surprised when they found black swans in Australia. That old saying about black swans went right out the window!

The swans had a family.

Another pond nearby the first one had tons of black swans!

There were a bunch of cyclists enjoying the morning sunshine in the park.

Some of their bikes. Recognize anything, Chris?

Big pelicans chilling out with a bunch of other birds hanging around.

Proof that I am in Australia!

There are a LOT of funny-looking birds here.

A rookery of birds that make funny baby-crying sounds.

An old Holden Holiday Special.

Approaching the beach.

There are gobs of old VW buses and bus-trucks around Sydney. A lot of them have brush guards on the front. Yours would look good with one of those, Emily!

So much for drinking on this street! Almost to the beach!

June 12, 2010July 1, 2020

The way to work

The street that I live on in Ultimo. Most housing that I’ve seen in the inner Sydney area is comprised of little two and three story buildings that are pressed up against each other. I live in an apartment building which makes it unique compared to the other buildings nearby. Everything else (like in the left side of this photo) is more townhouse style.

Heading down the hill toward one of the main roads and toward the University of Sydney.

In the mornings when I walk to work, I don’t see many other people. It seems most don’t emerge from their houses until after about 9am. I like to be out and about a little before 8am. The sun rises at 6 or 6:30am so there is no reason not to be enjoying it. Especially since it sets at 5pm!

Looking at Victoria Park across the highway from close to my office. It’s a great green park to stroll through.

My office is just around the corner to the right. Notice what side people are driving on? Yeah, the wrong side.

Walking back home to Ultimo. Downtown Sydney is where the skyscrapers are located. Chinatown is in between me and downtown.